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Photograph of Owen County Courthouse
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Owen County Courthouse and Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Owen County Courthouse and Jail in Owenton, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The complex of two buildings also contributes to the National Register-listed Central Owenton Historic District.”

Wikipedia article Owen County Courthouse and Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Owen County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. N. Thomas and N. Madison Sts., Owenton, 40359
  • When was it listed? May 1976
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Owenton
  • National Register reference number. 76000937 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Owen County Courthouse and Jail between 2004 and 2011, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryELK CREEK FIRE

Every fire recorded in Owen County

Storms near this property

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owenton, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 6 flash flood, 4 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Thunderstorm WindOwenton$20,000A barn was partially destroyed and blown onto Highway 22 East.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindOwenton$20,000The garage doors of a wrecker service station were blown in. Numerous trees were also downed.
August 1996Flash FloodOwenton$20,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOwenton$15,000Trees were knocked down and a roof was blown off a barn on Slippery Rock Road.
August 2009Flash FloodOwenton$10,000Flooding forced the evacuation of a trailer on Teresita Road.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOwenton$10,000Strong winds knocked down numerous trees and destroyed a metal shed.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindOwenton$8,000Several trees were downed across the county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000Numerous 6 to 7 inch diameter trees downed on Highway 22, 227 and 330.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000A barn was damaged due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000Trees were downed.
June 2001Flash FloodOwenton$5,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads as well as a couple of culverts washed out along Twin Creek.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000Power poles were knocked down just south of Owenton and trees and large limbs were knocked down in Gratz.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000Numerous trees and power poles downed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000Trees were downed, some knocking down power lines.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindOwenton$5,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOwenton$4,000Multiple trees were blown down along Old Monterey Road.
April 2018Flash FloodOwenton$3,000A car was stuck in high water on Cull Road.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Several large tree limbs were downed.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Large tree limbs were downed at the intersection of State Routes 22 and 355.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000A couple of trees were knocked down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Trees were knocked down along State Route 845.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Trees downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Trees downed.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Numerous trees downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOwenton$3,000Several trees downed.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindOwenton$2,000A couple of trees were downed on the southeast side of Owenton.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOwenton$2,000A tree and a power pole were knocked down.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindOwenton$2,000Trees were downed near New Columbus and Harmony in the southeast part of the county.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOwenton$1,000A tree was downed on Old Sweet Owen Road.
March 2012Flash FloodOwenton$1,000High water due to heavy rain was reported across Cull Road.
April 2011Heavy RainOwenton$1,000A couple roads were closed due to an overflowing stream.
May 2010Flash FloodOwenton$1,000A road was reported closed due to high water.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOwenton$1,000Two trees were downed near Fairbanks.
February 2022FloodOwenton-Cull Road was closed due to high water.
May 2022FloodOwenton-High water was reported in downtown Owenton.
February 2021FloodOwenton-High water was reported on several roads throughout the county.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindOwenton-The wind gust was estimated.
May 2010FloodOwenton-Roads were still reported closed due to previous flash flooding.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOwenton-Several trees were reported down countywide.
April 2025HailOwenton-no account filed
June 2015HailOwenton-no account filed
June 2015HailOwenton-no account filed
April 2015HailOwenton-no account filed
April 2013HailOwenton-no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm WindOwenton-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindOwenton-no account filed
March 2010HailOwenton-no account filed
April 2010HailOwenton-no account filed
November 2005HailOwenton-no account filed
February 2002HailOwenton-no account filed
August 2000HailOwenton-no account filed
April 1995HailOwenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Owen County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Central Owenton Historic Districtunder 500 feet1984
North Main-North Adams Historic District0.2 miles1984
Highfield0.2 miles1977
Cox, L. 0., House0.2 miles1984
Ford House0.3 miles1984
E. E. Settle House0.3 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000937 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Owen CountyAll 17 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.